Word: perons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Evita about Eva Peron, or is it about Madonna's efforts to get our attention again [CINEMA, Dec. 16]? Isn't Madonna's intensive campaign for the role--agreeing on only a $1 million fee for a major production that cost $60 million, lobbying and negotiating with every key person--enough evidence to prove the latter? Madonna identifies herself with Eva Peron, but in what ways? Only in being able to manipulate others to satisfy her hunger for power. Why doesn't Madonna run a charity and help the poor, as Eva did? One wonders why Evita was made...
...film, Madonna revives the legend of Eva Peron beautifully and demonstrates her own many talents of singing, acting and dancing. Madonna really does have star quality. DEREK HSIA Vancouver, British Columbia...
...Jerry Maguire," the only picture from a major studio slated for the award. Despite the heavy PR that heralded the film's release, "Evita," a rework of Lord Andrew Lloyd Weber's stage hit, failed to make the grade for best picture. Madonna, who starred as the flashy Eva Peron, also came up short in her bid for a best actress nomination -- echoing criticism that her performance was nothing more than a feature-length rock video. "Evita," in fact, was nowhere to be found on the list, which featured seven nominations apiece for "Fargo" and "Shine" and five each...
...Evita, dead or alive. These journalistic starting points facilitate flashbacks relating scenes from Evita's youth, rise to power and rapid physical decline. But which Evita is the real one: the illegitimate little girl who must sneak into her father's funeral or the demigod standing next to Peron on the balcony of the national palace...
...adoring masses. Martinez drags a lifeless body through the pages of his novel, hoping that his presentation of the true-life adventures of Evita's corpse will shed some light on her existence. What emerges is more than just a meditation on the life and death of Eva Peron. Martinez has constructed a remarkably entertaining and insightful look at the way history is formed, insisting that both truth and fiction feed our knowledge of the past and the present...